Incandescent Alphabets - Psychosis and the Enigma of Language (Paperback)


This book explores psychosis as knowledge cut off from history, truth that cannot be articulated in any other form. It gives a nuanced picture of delusion as a repair of language itself, following Freud and Lacan in historic and contemporary forms of psychotic art, writing and speech.

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This book explores psychosis as knowledge cut off from history, truth that cannot be articulated in any other form. It gives a nuanced picture of delusion as a repair of language itself, following Freud and Lacan in historic and contemporary forms of psychotic art, writing and speech.

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Imprint

Karnac Books

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Release date

May 2016

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Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

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Dimensions

165 x 230 x 16mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

224

ISBN-13

978-1-78220-347-6

Barcode

9781782203476

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LSN

1-78220-347-8



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